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County Route 22 over Sycamore Creek

Clay County, West Virginia · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

County Route 22 over Sycamore Creek in Clay County, West Virginia, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1992, making it 33 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 150 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 14 of the 87 inventoried bridges in Clay County rated poor (16.1%); 14 (16.1%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 39 ft
Location	0.01 Mi N of Wv 16
NBI structure number	00000000008A054
Condition class	Poor

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the West Virginia department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-79 NB & SB over Murphy Fk of Big Otter C	1974	16,300	Fair
I-79 Nbl over Wv 16	1974	8,800	Fair
I-79 Sbl over WV16	1974	8,600	Fair
Wv 16 over Middle Creek	1944	1,500	Poor
Wv 16 over Middle Creek	1944	1,500	Fair
Wv 16 over Camp Creek	1930	1,500	Poor